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A "Courtier-cum-Entrepreneur": Jehan Le Tourneur and the "Business" of a Princely Court

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Jun Hee Cho

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Columbia Univ.

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11-5-2013 1:30 PM

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Schneider 2345

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Medieval royal advisers and administrators are present in countless works of literature and art, in political treatises and in documentary evidence, but they nevertheless remain shadowy figures, largely subsumed by broader discussions of queen- and kingship in contemporary scholarship. The purpose of this session is to encourage deeper consideration of the individual bureaucrats, counselors, favorites, and hangers-on – both men and women – whose unique personalities and relationships to the royal office made trade, cultural production, and governance throughout the Middle Ages possible, even as their closeness to the seats of power often drew suspicion and allegations of corruption.

Elizabeth Woodward

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May 11th, 1:30 PM

Behind the Throne: Counselors, Courtiers, and Favorites, 500-1500

Schneider 2345

Medieval royal advisers and administrators are present in countless works of literature and art, in political treatises and in documentary evidence, but they nevertheless remain shadowy figures, largely subsumed by broader discussions of queen- and kingship in contemporary scholarship. The purpose of this session is to encourage deeper consideration of the individual bureaucrats, counselors, favorites, and hangers-on – both men and women – whose unique personalities and relationships to the royal office made trade, cultural production, and governance throughout the Middle Ages possible, even as their closeness to the seats of power often drew suspicion and allegations of corruption.